Button or stud



(No Model.)

T. W. F. SMITTEN. BUTTON 0R STUD.

No. 276,917. I Patented May 1,1883.

N. PETERS. Phnlo'Lilhognphnr. Walhinglon D Q UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

THOMAS WQF. SMITTEN, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

BUTTON OR STUD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 276,917, dated May 1, 1883.

Application filed February 6, 1883. (No model.) i

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, THOMAS W. F. SMI'r'rEN, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Buttons or Studs for Cuffs, Collars, and Shirt-Bosoms, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to that class of buttons or studs in which the face-plate or head and a back plate or back are rigidly connected by a post which passes through the buttonholes.

The objects of my invention are, first, to

. facilitate ,the entrance of the button or stud into the button-holes; second, to induce the back of the button or stud to assume a position transverse or oblique to the line of the button-hole, for the better retention of the butto'u or stud therein; third, that the button or stud, while prevented from involuntary or accidental withdrawal, shall be easily removable at the option of the wearer.

My improvement consists in a button or stud of the class hereinabove mentioned having a flattened post and a back plate or back eccentric thereto or olfset to-one side thereof, and with a portion of the post contracted, so that it may be turnedin the button-hole to facilitate the introduction of the button or stud thereinto and its removal therefrom.

It further consists in a button or stud with a flattened post, and a back plate or back of oblong form eccentric thereto or offset to one side thereof, and with its length oblique to the fiat sides of the post. v

It further consists in a button or stud having a flattened post, and an elongated back plate or back eccentric thereto or offset to one side thereof, with its length oblique to the flat sides of the post, and with two notches or recesses on opposite sides of the post for the reception of the edges of the button-hole.

Figure 1 represents a back view, and Fig. 2

a side View, of a button or stud illustrating all the features of my invention. Fig. 3 is an inside View of a portion of a cuffhaving this button in it. Fig. 4 is a back view, and Fig.

5 a side view, illustrating some of the features of my invention. Fig. 6 is a back view, and Fig. 7 is a side view, ofanothcr modification of my invention. Fig. 8 is a back view, and

,plate, B the back plate, and G the post connecting said plates. The post 0 is of a flattened form, which prevents it from turning 11] ,the button-bole, and it is connected to the back plate, B, at or very near the edge thereof,

so that the back plate is eccentric to or offset to one side of said post. The post (J is contracted on both sides near the back plate, B,

at the points (I d, to facilitate the turning of the button or stud in the button-hole when the latter is on the said contracted part. The back plate, B, in this example, is of a nearly semicircular form, and, besides being eccentric to the post 0, has its length oblique to the flat sides or length of said post. The said back plate, B, is provided with notches or recesses c e-one on each side of the post G-which serve to facilitate the insertion and withdrawal of the button from the buttonholes, and also for the reception of the edges of the button-hole, as shown in Fig. 3, which, when the button is in the cuff, will be slightly turned up. This will prevent the inner ply of the cuff from turning on the post, while the latter is prevented from turning by its flat part being in the button-hole of the inner ply. The said plate B is turned up at both of its end or narrow portions, 1), as shown in Fig.2, to facilitate its easy entrance into the buttonhole.

In Figs. 4. and 5 the back plate, B, is of a somewhat elliptical form, and in this case no notches are represented in the back plate. The post 0 is made much narrower than that illustrated in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, with the depression d, which forms the contraction in one of its sides only, the other side, f, being straight and flush, or nearly so, with the edge- The otherpart, h, is curved outward from the front plate to the back plate, forming of being in the form ofa plate, as represented, 30

a contracted part, i, of said post near the front plate, A.

In Figs. 8 and 9 the post is divided or made in two parts, 70 I, each of which curves outward from the back plate, B, to the front plate, A, forming two contracted portions, m m, of the post near said back plate. The back plate, B, is of a form similar to that represented in Figs. 4 and 5; but instead of its length being oblique to the length of the. post, it is parallel with said length.

The divided posts, as represented in Figs. 6 to 9, may be made of wire. The above-described back plates, B, may be either circular, semicircular, elliptical, or any other form, as desired.

WVhen it is desired to put the button in the end, the back plate, 13, is inserted in one of the button-holes, and the post is put through said hole. The back plate is then brought into the other button-hole, and is enabled to pass through it by slightly turning the ply of the cutfconlaining the latter button-hole, or by slightly turning the button, according to whether the contraction ofthe post upon which one of the button-holes can turn is made nearer to the back plate or the front plate.

It may be stated that the back B, instead may be made of a combination of the wire of which the post is formed.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A button or stud having a flattened post, and a back plate eccentric thereto or offset to one side thereof, and with a portion of the post contracted, so that it may be turned in the button-hole to facilitate the introduction of the button or stud thereinto and its removal therefrom, substantially as shown and described.

2. Abntton or stud having aflattened post,

and a back plate of oblong form eccentric hole, substantially as shown and described.

T. W. F. SMITTEN. Witnesses:

FREDK. HAYNES, ED. L. 1VIORAN. 

